Submitted Projects for June 2021

Best wishes to Catherine Cavanaugh and Philip Poekert for their proposal to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Chris Curran, Christopher Redding, and Philip Poekert for their proposal to Impact Florida; Alice Kaye Emery for her proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Nicholas Gage and Christopher Redding for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/OSERS; Ashley Pennypacker Hill for her proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Herman Knopf for his proposal to the Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation; Holly Lane, Kristi Cheyney-Collante, Nicholas Gage, and Vivian Gonsalves for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/OSERS; Holly Lane, Kristi Cheyney-Collante, Vivian Gonsalves, and Kathrin Maki for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/OSERS; Kathrin Maki and Stephanie Snidarich for their proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Erica McCray, Hannah Mathews, and Chonika Coleman King for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/OSERS; Philip Poekert for his subcontract proposal DHHS Flow Through from Florida’s Office of Early Learning; Philip Poekert for his proposal to the Louisiana Department of Education; Philip Poekert for his proposal to the Richland County School District One; Paige Pullen for her proposal to Family Services of Central Massachusetts – Seven Hills; Paige Pullen for her proposal to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Paige Pullen for her proposal to Tufts University; Paige Pullen for her proposal to the Tri-County Community Council; Seyedahmad Rahimi for his subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from the University of Pennsylvania; Zuchao Shen and Wei Li for their proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin, Walter Leite, and Holly Lane for their subcontract proposal Spencer Foundation Flow Through from the University of Alberta; Jacqueline Swank and Sondra Smith their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/OSERS; Wanli Xing for his proposal to Schwab Charitable; Pengfei Zhao and Danling Fu for their proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Pengfei Zhao for her proposal to the National Academy of Education; and Tina Smith-Bonahue for her subcontract proposal Spencer Foundation Flow Through from the Erikson Institute.

For more details, see the Submitted Projects table.

 

College of Education
Submitted Projects June 2021
Principal Investigator: Catherine Cavanaugh (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Funding Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Proposal Title: Math Nation and Flamingo Research Partnership for Algebra Learning in Florida
Requested Amount: $3,000,000
Principal Investigator: Chris Curran (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Christopher Redding (SHDOSE), Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Funding Agency: Impact Florida
Proposal Title: Developing a Research Foundation and Agenda around the Five Conditions That Support Great Teaching
Requested Amount: $67,541
Principal Investigator: Alice Kaye Emery (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Working with the Experts 2021-2022
Requested Amount: $240,000
Principal Investigator: Nicholas Gage (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Christopher Redding (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/OSERS
Proposal Title: Project EASE: Econometric Analysis in Special Education
Requested Amount: $1,109,326
Principal Investigator: Ashley Pennypacker Hill (P.K. Yonge)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Individuals with Disabilities Education
Requested Amount: $224,848
Principal Investigator: Herman Knopf (AZCEECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation
Proposal Title: Studying Child Care Access in Sarasota County
Requested Amount: $23,967
Principal Investigator: Holly Lane (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Kristi Cheyney-Collante (SSESPECS), Nicholas Gage (SSESPECS), Vivian Gonsalves (SSESPECS)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/OSERS
Proposal Title: Project READERS: Reading Educator Advancement, Development, and Efficacy Research Scholars
Requested Amount: $1,250,000
Principal Investigator: Holly Lane (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Kristi Cheyney-Collante (SSESPECS), Vivian Gonsalves (SSESPECS), Kathrin Maki (SSESPECS)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/OSERS
Proposal Title: Project DECODE: Developing Expertise and Collaborative Opportunities for Dyslexia
Requested Amount: $1,250,000
Principal Investigator: Kathrin Maki (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Stephanie Snidarich (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation
Proposal Title: Leveraging Positive Matthew Effects: Examining Effects of Reading Intervention Dosage to Eliminate Intervention Inequity
Requested Amount: $49,844
Principal Investigator: Erica McCray (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Hannah Mathews (SSESPECS),  Chonika Coleman King (STL)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/OSERS
Proposal Title: Project DIRECT (Disrupting Inequities in Research and Education using Cultural Theories)
Requested Amount: $3,660,661
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida’s Office of Early Learning (Subcontract – DHHS Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Early Learning Florida Year 4
Requested Amount: $3,000,000
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Louisiana Department of Education
Proposal Title: Louisiana Pathways 2021
Requested Amount: $74,560
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Richland County School District One
Proposal Title: Richland One 2021-2022
Requested Amount: $45,000
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Family Services of Central Massachusetts – Seven Hills
Proposal Title: MASS Cohort – Project Flourish 2021
Requested Amount: $125,000
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Proposal Title: MIT Solve 2021 – Global Challenge
Requested Amount: $116,000
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Tufts University
Proposal Title: Tufts University – Tutoring for Preservice Educators
Requested Amount: $94,500
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Tri-County Community Council
Proposal Title: Florida Tri-County Head Start – Early Childhood Services
Requested Amount: $18,250
Principal Investigator: Seyedahmad Rahimi (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of Pennsylvania (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Exploring Adaptive Cognitive and Affective Learning Support for Next Generation STEM Learning Games
Requested Amount: $39,218
Principal Investigator: Zuchao Shen (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Wei Li (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation
Proposal Title: Optimal Design of Experimental Studies Investigating Mediation Effects with Individual-Level Mediators
Requested Amount: $50,000
Principal Investigator: Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Walter Leite (SHDOSE), Holly Lane (SSESPECS)
Funding Agency: University of Alberta (Subcontract – Spencer Foundation Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Democratizing Digital Learning: An Intelligent Learning and Assessment Environment for Supporting Early Literacy Development
Requested Amount: $419,836
Principal Investigator: Jacqueline Swank (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Sondra Smith (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/OSERS
Proposal Title: Project DIRECT: Disability Intervention Researchers and Educators among Counseling Trainees
Requested Amount: $2,177,661
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Schwab Charitable
Proposal Title: Fair Prediction in Virtual Learning Environments
Requested Amount: $50,000
Principal Investigator: Pengfei Zhao (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Danling Fu (STL)
Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation
Proposal Title: How Do I Talk with My Kids about the “Chinese Virus”?: Racialized Trauma, Youth Voices, and Transnational Chinese Families in the U.S.
Requested Amount: $75,000
Principal Investigator: Pengfei Zhao (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Academy of Education
Proposal Title: Changing Fate: The Cultural Revolution’s Rural Youth in Transition to Post-Mao China
Requested Amount: $70,000
Principal Investigator: Tina Smith-Bonahue (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Erikson Institute (Subcontract – Spencer Foundation Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Family Ties: Home Visiting as a Conduit for Supporting Early Math Learning in the Home
Requested Amount: $112,381